JP2579779Y2 - Coin processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a station handling device such as an automatic ticket vending machine or an automatic payment machine, or a coin processing device incorporated in various vending machines. In particular, the present invention has improved a coin returning mechanism such as change. About things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when money exceeding a predetermined amount is put into a main body of a coin processing machine such as an automatic ticket vending machine (hereinafter referred to as a main body), change is discharged to a return port. I have. Further, when the purchase of a ticket or the like is stopped after coins are once inserted into the main body, the inserted coins are discharged to a return port.

The coin ejection to the return slot will be described with reference to FIG. 1 which is used in the description of the embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 4 which shows a part of a conventional apparatus. A belt conveyor 2 having one end arranged at the return opening 1 is stretched. And above the belt conveyor 2,
Coins of each denomination (10 yen, 100 yen, 500 yen, 50 yen)
Are opened.

When it is necessary to return change or return coins, the belt conveyor 2 is driven to rotate by a controller (not shown) for a predetermined time (for example, several tens of seconds), and predetermined coins are output from the chutes 3a to 3d. Is discharged onto the belt conveyor 2 and guided to the return port 1.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional coin processing apparatus, coins may not be conveyed while rotating on a belt conveyor. To further explain with reference to FIG. 4, a wall a1 using a substrate of the main body a and a wall a2 using a cover (omitted in FIG. 2,
(See FIG. 3) so that coins do not fall from the belt conveyor 2. However, although that bear pole, a state where the hard貨I top is supported on the wall a1 (or a2), a coin b when the conveyor belt moves in this state is rotated while tilted as shown by arrow That is, a so-called tilting wheel is performed, and only the conveyance shorter than the conveyance distance of the belt conveyor 2 is performed. Therefore, the belt conveyor 2
When the coins were driven for a predetermined time and stopped, coins A sometimes remained on the belt conveyor 2.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to prevent a coin from tilting and to make it possible to reliably return coins to a return slot. It is to provide a device.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is designed to convey coins such as change from a main body to a return port provided on a service surface of the main body via a belt conveyor. In the coin processing device, the two walls parallel to the transport direction of the belt conveyor are alternately transported from the transport surface of the belt conveyor by the belt conveyor while maintaining a predetermined interval along the transport direction of the belt conveyor. The present invention is characterized in that a bar-shaped spring coil spring whose leading end reaches near the opposing wall is provided at intervals larger than the thickness of the coin and smaller than the diameter of the coin.

[0008]

In the above construction, the coil spring pushes the tilted coins down to the belt conveyor surface side to ensure the conveyance of the coins by the belt conveyor.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of an apparatus according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. The description of the parts cited in the above conventional example will be omitted.

Walls a1 and a2 are provided on both sides of the belt conveyor 2 in the conveying direction, respectively, so that coins do not fall from the belt conveyor 2, and the belts a1 and a2 form a belt. Along the conveyance direction of the conveyor 2, there are provided bar-shaped coil springs 4, 4...

One end of each of the coil springs 4, 4,... Is fixed to a screw (see FIG. 3) 5 provided on each wall, and the other end is provided to be freely movable. The distance from the upper surface of the belt conveyor 2 to each of the coil springs 4, 4,... Is determined to be a distance larger than the thickness of the coin A and smaller than the diameter of the coin A, for example, a distance equal to the radius of the coin A.

Next, the operation of the coil spring 4 will be described. Now, if you want to return the change to return port 1
Is issued from a controller (not shown), coins corresponding to the change are discharged from the chutes 3a to 3d onto the belt conveyor 2, and the belt conveyor 2 is moved by a motor (not shown) for a predetermined time by an arrow. It is driven to rotate in the direction.

At this time, the coins are transferred to the belt conveyor 10,
If the wheel is tilted as shown in FIG. 4, the tilted coin A is pulled down by the coil spring 4 so as to approach a horizontal state, as shown in FIG. Then, when the coin approaches the horizontal level as shown by the two-dot chain line a 'in FIG. 3, the coin can no longer maintain the inclined ring, and the entire surface of the coin is placed on the belt conveyor 2. For this reason,
The coin A that has been tilted is discharged to the return slot 1 by the belt conveyor 2 as specified.

As described above, since the coil spring 4 is provided in the present embodiment, coins leaning on the belt conveyor 2 can be knocked down, and the coins can be reliably discharged to the return port 1 side. be able to.

In the above embodiment, the main body a is an automatic ticket vending machine. However, the main body a may be an automatic payment machine or other various vending machines.

[0016]

The coin processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a coil spring for pulling down a tilting coin, so that the coin can be reliably discharged to the return port side.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a coin processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where coins are tilted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Return opening 2 Belt conveyor 3a-3c Chute 4 Coil spring a Main body (body) of an automatic ticket vending machine

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (56) References JP-A-64-46894 (JP, A) JP-A-60-104968 (JP, U) JP-A-3-58777 (JP, U) JP-A-2-46 43821 (JP, U) Fully open 63-130871 (JP, U) Fully open 63-118672 (JP, U) Fully open 49-118396 (JP, U) Fully open 48-66597 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 55-88902 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 58-98301 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 61-115270 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07D 9/00 418 B65G 47/28 G07F 5/24

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A coin processing device configured to convey coins such as change from a main body of a coin processing machine such as an automatic ticket vending machine to a return port provided on a service surface of the main body of the coin processing machine via a belt conveyor. The thickness of coins conveyed by the belt conveyor from the conveying surface of the belt conveyor alternately while maintaining a predetermined interval along the conveying direction of the belt conveyor on both walls parallel to the conveying direction of the belt conveyor. A coin processing apparatus comprising a bar-shaped spring coil spring whose tip is close to a wall facing the opposing wall while maintaining an interval larger than the diameter of the coin and smaller than the diameter of the coin.